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‘Black sheep’: The mastermind of Sri Lanka's Easter Sunday bombs
04:28 PM, 27 Apr 2019 SaturdayMohamed Hashim Mohamed Zahran was 12 years old when he began his studies at the...
Ex-Jamaat leaders announce new political party
03:06 PM, 27 Apr 2019 SaturdayFormer leaders of Jamaat-e-Islam have formed a new political party - Jono Aakankhyar Bangladesh - headed by expelled Jamaat leader Mojibur Rahman Monju. Monju, also former president of Islami Chhatra Shibir, announced the new party name officially at a press briefing in Paltan’s Hotel 71 around 11:30am on Saturday...
IS poster in Bengali hints at attack in Bangladesh or West Bengal
02:19 PM, 27 Apr 2019 SaturdayIndicating that Islamic State could be planning an attack in Bangladesh or West Bengal, a pro-IS Telegram channel has released a poster in Bengali saying “Coming Soon”. Sources in an intelligence agency confirmed that such a poster was in circulation and that it was being looked into...
2 ‘outlaws’ killed in Bagura ‘gunfight’
12:45 PM, 27 Apr 2019 SaturdayTwo suspected members of an outlawed party were killed in a reported gunfight between two groups in Bhabanipur Bazar Bridge area of Sherpur upazila early Friday...
Journalist Mahfuz Ullah passes away
11:37 AM, 27 Apr 2019 SaturdaySenior journalist Mahfuz Ullah passed away while undergoing treatment at the Bumrungrad International Hospital in Thailand on Saturday morning. He was 69. He breathed his last at 10:05 am (Bangladesh time). Mahfuz had been suffering from various complications in heart, kidney and lung...
15 killed in raid on Islamist hideout in Sri Lanka
10:24 AM, 27 Apr 2019 SaturdayAt least 15 people, including six children, were killed when suicide bombers blew themselves up when cornered by security forces in eastern Sri Lanka, police said on Saturday. Three men set off explosives killing three other women and six children inside what was believed to an Islamist safe house near...
Sri Lankan troops kill four ISIS-linked terrorists
10:00 AM, 27 Apr 2019 SaturdaySri Lankan security forces exchanged fire with suspected ISIS-affiliated terrorists and killed at least four of them in the east of the country, police and the military said Saturday. Gunmen opened fire on troops when they attempted to storm a house in the town of Kalmunai...
Sri Lanka bombings: Gun battle as police step up raids
09:22 AM, 27 Apr 2019 SaturdaySri Lankan police say they exchanged fire with an armed group in the east of the country as they searched for those linked to last Sunday's bombings...
Neymar banned for three European games
08:48 AM, 27 Apr 2019 SaturdayParis St-Germain forward Neymar has been banned by Uefa for three European games for insulting match officials on Instagram after the Champions League last-16 defeat by Manchester United...
Fakhrul doesn’t know to respect party men: Minister
05:43 PM, 26 Apr 2019 FridayLaw, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anisul Huq today said BNP secretary general...
Modi files nomination for Varanasi Lok Sabha seat
04:53 PM, 26 Apr 2019 FridayIndian Prime Minister Narendra Modi filed his nomination papers for the Varanasi Lok Sabha...
NLASO giving hope to the hopeless
04:32 PM, 26 Apr 2019 FridayAwami League government led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina formulated Legal Aid Services...
2 youths killed in Cox’s Bazar ‘gunfight’
03:04 PM, 26 Apr 2019 FridayTwo youths were killed in a reported gunfight with police at Lemshikhali Darbar Ghat in...
Rajshahi-Dhaka-Rajshahi commercial train service from Saturday
01:21 PM, 26 Apr 2019 FridayCommercial services of the first Rajshahi-Dhaka-Rajshahi nonstop Bonolota Express train will begin from tomorrow after its Thursday’s formal launching.
Wanted extremist cleric Hashim died in hotel attack: SL president
12:33 PM, 26 Apr 2019 FridayAn Islamic extremist believed to have played a key role in Sri Lanka’s deadly Easter bombings died in an attack on a Colombo hotel, the country’s president confirmed Friday. “What intelligence agencies have told me is that Zahran was killed during the Shangri-La attack,” President Maithripala Sirisena...
Extremism must be defeated, prince tells NZ mosque survivors
12:09 PM, 26 Apr 2019 FridayIn an emotional meeting with survivors of the New Zealand mosques massacre, Britain’s...
Sri Lankans urged to avoid mosques, churches
10:48 AM, 26 Apr 2019 FridayMuslims in Sri Lanka were urged to pray at home on Friday and not attend mosques or churches after the State Intelligence Services warned of possible car bomb attacks, amid fears of retaliatory violence for the Easter Sunday bombings.
Rhodes predicts a tough World Cup for Bangladesh
09:30 PM, 25 Apr 2019 ThursdayBangladesh head coach Steve Rhodes stayed ‘brutally honest’ about his team’s chance in the...
PM to address press conference today
08:55 PM, 25 Apr 2019 ThursdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina will address a press conference tomorrow to brief the media about
Anisul for finishing Nusrat murder trial in ‘record time’
08:09 PM, 25 Apr 2019 ThursdayLaw, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anisul Huq today said necessary actions will be taken to finish the sensational Nusrat murder trial in ‘record time’. “Along with our Prime Minister, most of the people of our country are angry over the incident and they are keen to see the case finished soon...